Filing appliance.



W. H. MUZZY.

FILING APPLIANCE. APPLICATION FILED 0011a, 1908.

1,031,021 Patented July 2, 1912.

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W. H. MU Z ZY.

FILING APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED OOT.18, 1906.

W. H. MUZZY.

FILING APPLIANCE. APPLICATION FILED 001'.1s,1ooe.

Patented July 2, 1912.

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qwH/meooeo UNITED STATES- -WI LLIAM H. MUZZY, 0F DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO 'THE NATIONAL 'C'ASH REGISTER I COMJPANY, OIEDAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION 'OFOHIO, (INCORPORATED IN 1906.)

PATENT OFFICE.

FILING APIPLIANCE.

1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. MUzzr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Filing rippliances, of which I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in filing cases or cabinets and has more particular relation to improvements in cabinets for filing'counter sale slips.

Theprinoipal object of the inventlon 1s to provide an improved cabinet with compartments in which the sale slips may be quickly inserted. I

Another object .is to provide a cabinet in which the tot-a1 of a slip may be instantly read without any chance of confusing it with the other slips in adjacent receptacles.

A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the receptacles are automatically secured in adjusted positions for the taking of the totals and the insertion of new slips.

With these and incidental objects in view,-

the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combination of parts, the essential elements .of which are set forth in appended claims and a preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter specifically described with reference to the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification.

Of said drawings: Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the cabinet embodying the present invention; one of the compartments being exposed. Fig. 2 represents a central vertical section through the same. Fig. 3 represents a detail perspective View of-one of the slip receiving trays or compartments and a portion of the back plate. Fig. 4 represents a vertical transverse section through-the tray, on the line 44 of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrow, and Fig. 5 represents a detail vertical sec- -tion through a portion of the auxiliary check file.

Described in general terms the present invention may be said to comprise a series of pivoted. trays which, when elevated, are secured in this elevated position by automatic 'xbailspivoted to the undersides of the .re-

spective trays and arranged to rest upon the trays immediately beneath them. The trays Seriah No. 339,539.

are also provided with card attaching means for the names :of-several customers and. also with guarding plates which normally'conceal the portions of the slips containing the totals of the several accounts. These guards are so arranged as to fully-expose the totals when the receptacles are elevated. In connection with this slip file I provide an auxiliary file arranged to receive the stiff cardboard cash register checks covering petty sales in which the customer did not have time to wait to have the regular slip made out.

In connection with this cabinet a triplica'te manifolding book is employed.

Any well known fornrof book maybe used,

Patented J u-ly2, 1912.

as there are many forms now on the market 1 conslsting of a plurality of sets of slipsi each setcomprising a first, a second and a third slip, and sets being all bound together into book form. One of the three slips of. a set from the triplicate book is placed in the cabinet, another in the cash drawer of the cash register and the third given to the customer. By. this means the clerk is reminded each time a credit sale is :made to register the same on the register, because until this registration has taken pla-ce the cash drawer is inaccessible for the reception of i the second slip. The slips employed 1n connection with this cabinet also carry the totals forward at the lower right hand corner of the slip so that the total amount owing by any. customer may be instantly ascertained by sim ly raising the receptacle above that in w ioh .the customers .account is located and glancing at the lower right hand corner of the slips. The proprietor in checking over the slips at night is only com- .pelled to check over the slips in the cash drawer, which represent the sales made during that day. These slips in the eash drawer are taken out at night andplaced in a suitable card system filing devlce. ra'l he totals which are carried forward are compared by the proprietor with the revious totals and he is at once able to c eck his clerks who might have omitted to place some certain slip inthe cabinet and thus leave an improper total to be-copied by the nextclerk making a sale to that customer. The

third slips may also be placed in a safe or carried home and thus provide protection or checking means if the cabinetis destroyed by fire. Y

' matter of mere duplication.

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The casing of the cabinet comprises sides 2 and 3, top 4, bottom 5 and a back 5 A sliding drawer 6 is provided in the base of the cabinet in which may be kept the blank books or, if desired, this drawer may be used to temporarily hold the filing devices for the third slips.

A plurality of trays or receptacles 7 are provided and it will be evident that these may be increased or diminished in number as desired, such change in number being a As shown the cabinet is of a size adapted to contain four rows of receptacles arranged in vertical columns and having metal partitions. 8 between the various columns, and a hinged metal plate 7* over the top tray of each An inclined false back 10 shown in Fig. 2 is provided in'the cabinet and is adapted to support'the rear ends of the receptacles. Mount-ed on this back are a series of strips of metal, 11', shown best in Fig. 3. The

middle part of each of these strips extend ing its full length, is raised above the two outer portions. This middle part is thus raised to allow the hinge tongues of the receptacle bases to be inserted through slots therein. Thereceptacles are made preferably from sheet metal and include a bottom 13 from which sides 14: are bent upward and then inward, as indicated at 15.

v The rear ends of the receptacles are pro- 'vide'd with tongues 16 adapted to pass through slots 16 in plates 11. At the for- "w'ard right hand end of the receptacle the vice'for the slips.

metal is bent forward and downward form' ing a guard 18 and to the left of this guard is bent upward at 19 to form a name plate and downward at 20 to provide a front for the receptacle and a support'for the receptacle above. A tongue 21 is cut from the upwardly bent portion 19 and projects for ward from the bottom to provide a finger piece by means of which the receptacle may be raised. Depending lugs 22, one at each side, are stamped from the material of the tray and are apertured to receive a supporting bail 23. The name plate v19 is formed with projections 25 which are bent to form flanges for supporting a card bearing the name of the customer and which is slipped in from the top. A wire 31 extends over the forward end of each receptacle from side to side forming a retaining de- The guards or plates 7 trays except that the plate and supporting flange are are similar to the front name omitted.

At the right of Fig. 1 is a filing device 32 divided into compartments which are marked with the letters of the alphabet and provided"with retaining s prings' 33 arranged to hold the cash register checks in position when placed therein.

The operation of the system is as follows: When a credit sale is made the clerk enters the various items on his manifold account book then, goes to the filing cabinet and places'his finger under the projecting portion 21 of the receptacle above the one bearin'g the name of the customer. When the receptacle is elevated above the one to'which access is desired all the receptacles over the same are also raised. As the receptacle is raised the bail 23 drops automatically, as indicated in Fig. 3 and also shown in Fig. 1, to a positidn in which it will support the raised receptacles. the total amount of the customers bill through the space uncovered by the guard 18 and insert the same at the top of the slip which he has previously filled out, see Fig. 3. It will be noted that this guard 18 of each receptacle normally. conceals the amount indicated on the uppermost slip in the receptacle underneath it. When the total has been entered on the slip the entire amount is then footed and the slips torn out of the book. The third copy as stated is given to the customer serving to show the exact state of his account, the original is placed in the open receptacle and the duplicate is placed in the drawer of a cash register or some auxiliary file which itself may be in the drawer 6 in the base of the device. Each night or whenever desired the proprietor may take the duplicate slips from the auxiliary file and audit the same and compare with previous totals.

In a great many instances in actual prac- -tice it is found that children and servants and, sometimes, others willhurriedly enter a store to get some small article like a cake of soap, a box of matches, a yeast-cake or something of the kind and will not want to wait to have a charge slip made out. In such cases the clerk instead of making out a charge slip at once may register the amount on the cash register and then place The clerk can now see.

the check, which the register delivers, in the pro er receptacle 32; Before closing time in t e evening, regular sales slips are made out for the checks which are placed in these different receptacles and the checks then destroyed. The clerk before placing the check in the receptacle, of course,'writes the name of the purchaser on. the back of the check and, also the article whethersoap, matches, or whatnot, there never being more than one article.

It will be seen that the system used-with this filing cabinet is very simplefand yet that there is small liability of mistakes. The account of each customer is kept entirely separate and takes only small amount, of room. Moreover the exact state of the account is to be had by a m at the topmost slip. There is little for customers to complain," that theirf 'slip does not agree with the amount charged as they have at every sale kept, a slipincluding the footin s of the accounts. v.

It will e noted that the systemmay be used in connection with a duplicate manifold book also, but in this 'case the auxil-' iary filin device would be dispensed with [and it w1l be necessary for the proprietor "to look" into. everyone of the receptacles daily in the-cash register drawer or m an a'uxiI- iary file.

"What is claimed is: a 1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a containingf casing of a plurality of movable trays therein havlng',

slip retaining portions exten'ding only partly across their outer .ends and guard portions extending so as to project over the open front'portions ofadjacent trays to conceal the slips.

2. a device of the class described, the combmatlon with 'a containing casing, of a series oftrays pivotally mounted therein and each comprising a base, a slip retaining portion along part only of the outer end of the base, and a concealing flange along the remaining part of the onter'endofthe base and positioned to extend over the correspondin portion of theadjacentreceptacle.-

3'. 'A ling device comprising a casing and aplurality of receptacles carried thereby, in-

vertical columns, e achreceptacle having an integral part for hinging the receptacles in the-casing, an integral part bent u ward to provide a name plate, and a furt er part bent downward to provide a guard meansoverlying the front open portion of the sub-' jacent receptacle.

In testimony whereof. I-afiix my signature inthe presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. MUZZY. Witnesses-z H. D; Jamison,

A. Norrmc.

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